grán

grán

See also: gran, Gran, grań, gràn, grãn, Grän, and grån

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡraːn]

Etymology 1

From a South Slavic language.

Noun

grán m anim

1. (archaic, colloquial) door-to-door peddler

Noun

grán m inan

1. grain (unit of weight)

Further reading

• grán in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• grán in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish grán, from Proto-Celtic *grānom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Doublet of gráinne.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): [ɡɾˠɑːnˠ]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [ɡɾˠæːnˠ]

Noun

grán m (genitive singular gráin)

1. grain (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Declension

Declension of grán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative grán Vocative a ghráin Genitive gráin Dative grán

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an grán Genitive an ghráin Dative leis an ngrán don ghrán

Derived terms

• grán buí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
grán	ghrán	ngrán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “grán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “grán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “grán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.